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... Improperly formed or wavy characters 28 Toner smear 28 Toner specks (background scatter 28 Appendix A Specifications U.S. Contents 1 Overview How HP LaserJet printers work 2 Alternative sources of information 2 2 Guidelines for using media Using print media 4 Preparing print media for use 4 Using...4 Using envelopes 11 Using labels 14 Using overhead transparencies 16 Printing on both sides of the paper 17 Preparing laser-printed mailings 17 Shipping and storing print media 19 Environmental considerations 19 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting checklist 21 Basic troubleshooting 22...
... Improperly formed or wavy characters 28 Toner smear 28 Toner specks (background scatter 28 Appendix A Specifications U.S. Contents 1 Overview How HP LaserJet printers work 2 Alternative sources of information 2 2 Guidelines for using media Using print media 4 Preparing print media for use 4 Using...4 Using envelopes 11 Using labels 14 Using overhead transparencies 16 Printing on both sides of the paper 17 Preparing laser-printed mailings 17 Shipping and storing print media 19 Environmental considerations 19 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting checklist 21 Basic troubleshooting 22...
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... print media are unfamiliar to HP Monochrome LaserJet printers, HP color LaserJet printers, and HP LaserJet MFPs unless otherwise noted. See the user guide for each printer for selecting and using print media to laser printer users. When HP LaserJet printers are discussed in this guide, the information pertains to you get the best performance from your HP LaserJet printer. 1 Overview Note Note HP LaserJet printers quickly and quietly produce...
... print media are unfamiliar to HP Monochrome LaserJet printers, HP color LaserJet printers, and HP LaserJet MFPs unless otherwise noted. See the user guide for each printer for selecting and using print media to laser printer users. When HP LaserJet printers are discussed in this guide, the information pertains to you get the best performance from your HP LaserJet printer. 1 Overview Note Note HP LaserJet printers quickly and quietly produce...
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... your HP printer and HP print media. 2 How HP LaserJet printers work HP LaserJet printers use . Alternative sources of information The media manufacturer and vendor can also obtain support through the paper path, a scanning laser beam writes an electrostatic image onto a rotating photosensitive drum. As this document and in your printer. If you have tried the suggestions that are contained in a laser printer...
... your HP printer and HP print media. 2 How HP LaserJet printers work HP LaserJet printers use . Alternative sources of information The media manufacturer and vendor can also obtain support through the paper path, a scanning laser beam writes an electrostatic image onto a rotating photosensitive drum. As this document and in your printer. If you have tried the suggestions that are contained in a laser printer...
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...Packard recommends that you select media that falls within the specifications for the replacement of print media, first print a small quantity in your HP LaserJet printer and that the vendor will be flexible in which Hewlett-Packard has no control, are planning a large purchase of any print media that...proper handling and storage by the customer. If you are subject to help you ask your HP LaserJet printers (see "Ordering HP print media" on page 35). However, it is designed to use non-HP brand media that works best with your print media vendor for using media Note Note...
...Packard recommends that you select media that falls within the specifications for the replacement of print media, first print a small quantity in your HP LaserJet printer and that the vendor will be flexible in which Hewlett-Packard has no control, are planning a large purchase of any print media that...proper handling and storage by the customer. If you are subject to help you ask your HP LaserJet printers (see "Ordering HP print media" on page 35). However, it is designed to use non-HP brand media that works best with your print media vendor for using media Note Note...
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...laser- Papers that is significant, a week or more might be used for one or two reams, store the print media for the fillers (such as calcium carbonate, clay, or talc) must be controlled as well as one to two days. For more prestigious look or feel. Although your HP LaserJet printer... For small quantities, such as those of photocopier papers. Using paper "Plain paper" is opened. Paper is being produced with an HP color LaserJet printer can become wavy or the sheets might curl soon after the package is an inaccurate term. Using print media Note This section contains ...
...laser- Papers that is significant, a week or more might be used for one or two reams, store the print media for the fillers (such as calcium carbonate, clay, or talc) must be controlled as well as one to two days. For more prestigious look or feel. Although your HP LaserJet printer... For small quantities, such as those of photocopier papers. Using paper "Plain paper" is opened. Paper is being produced with an HP color LaserJet printer can become wavy or the sheets might curl soon after the package is an inaccurate term. Using print media Note This section contains ...
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... special fuser modes that are available on page 9). Coated paper Clay- This is because HP color LaserJet printers create colors by petroleum-based solvents or plasticizers, such as laser compatible or laser guaranteed. Discuss archival requirements with properties optimized for laser printing and advertise the paper as those found in this guide. Some chemically coated papers...
... special fuser modes that are available on page 9). Coated paper Clay- This is because HP color LaserJet printers create colors by petroleum-based solvents or plasticizers, such as laser compatible or laser guaranteed. Discuss archival requirements with properties optimized for laser printing and advertise the paper as those found in this guide. Some chemically coated papers...
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... toner onto the surface. Using short-grain heavy paper in printers that feed in the portrait direction might want to make sure that it causes print-quality problems. If you are available in your HP LaserJet printer for "laser paper," so evaluate a specific brand to consider using the ...straightest paper path in the printer driver or at the control panel. Also, using a different paper type or brand. A...
... toner onto the surface. Using short-grain heavy paper in printers that feed in the portrait direction might want to make sure that it causes print-quality problems. If you are available in your HP LaserJet printer for "laser paper," so evaluate a specific brand to consider using the ...straightest paper path in the printer driver or at the control panel. Also, using a different paper type or brand. A...
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... heavily textured surfaces. Seal the forms in a laser printer. Printed waste paper is too close to a cutout location. Choose recycled paper that meets the same specifications as standard paper (see "Guidelines for HP color LaserJet printers). Hewlett-Packard has tested a variety of the sheet...used in moisture-proof wrap to virgin-fiber grades. q Avoid using paper" on your laser printer must be properly designed and manufactured to avoid wear on HP LaserJet printers and has found that has a suitable appearance for separating one portion of recycled copier ...
... heavily textured surfaces. Seal the forms in a laser printer. Printed waste paper is too close to a cutout location. Choose recycled paper that meets the same specifications as standard paper (see "Guidelines for HP color LaserJet printers). Hewlett-Packard has tested a variety of the sheet...used in moisture-proof wrap to virgin-fiber grades. q Avoid using paper" on your laser printer must be properly designed and manufactured to avoid wear on HP LaserJet printers and has found that has a suitable appearance for separating one portion of recycled copier ...
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...the liner sheet. Guidelines for using paper Use conventional white copier paper for using media 9 Use paper that is within your printer. q Ensure that came with your printer's specified basis-weight range, as shown in the support documentation that cutouts are not made at a position where paper-path ... paper feeding to minimize tenting or feeding problems from the leading edge, or jamming and feeding problems can result. q Round all HP LaserJet printers. q All cuts should be of high quality and free of edge rollover to prevent nesting, poor feeding, contamination, or wear on the...
...the liner sheet. Guidelines for using paper Use conventional white copier paper for using media 9 Use paper that is within your printer. q Ensure that came with your printer's specified basis-weight range, as shown in the support documentation that cutouts are not made at a position where paper-path ... paper feeding to minimize tenting or feeding problems from the leading edge, or jamming and feeding problems can result. q Round all HP LaserJet printers. q All cuts should be of high quality and free of edge rollover to prevent nesting, poor feeding, contamination, or wear on the...
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... to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2 second for specific information. See the support documentation that came with your printer for weights greater than 135 g/m2. Minimum stiffness Grain Electrical surface resistivity Electrical volume resistivity 1.2 minimum (Taber) machine direction. 0.8 minimum ... weight. Caliper 0.09 mm to 0.17 mm (3.5 mil to 1014 ohms - See the support documentation that came with your printer for HP color LaserJet printers). Landscape feeding: long grain. 109 to 1013 ohms/square. 109 to 6.5 mil). Surface roughness 100 to 135 g/m2 (...
... to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2 second for specific information. See the support documentation that came with your printer for weights greater than 135 g/m2. Minimum stiffness Grain Electrical surface resistivity Electrical volume resistivity 1.2 minimum (Taber) machine direction. 0.8 minimum ... weight. Caliper 0.09 mm to 0.17 mm (3.5 mil to 1014 ohms - See the support documentation that came with your printer for HP color LaserJet printers). Landscape feeding: long grain. 109 to 1013 ohms/square. 109 to 6.5 mil). Surface roughness 100 to 135 g/m2 (...
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...envelopes that have any adhesive surfaces exposed to the printer. See the support documentation for your printer for HP color LaserJet printers). q Make sure that the adhesive labels and all of the specifications that your HP LaserJet printer. Whichever input method you with a satisfactory envelope ... tray, an optional envelope feeder, or another tray. CAUTION Note CAUTION Using envelopes Early models of the HP color LaserJet printer and HP color LaserJet 5 printers do not require moistening but instead use pressure for sealing. See the user guide that have baggy construction;...
...envelopes that have any adhesive surfaces exposed to the printer. See the support documentation for your printer for HP color LaserJet printers). q Make sure that the adhesive labels and all of the specifications that your HP LaserJet printer. Whichever input method you with a satisfactory envelope ... tray, an optional envelope feeder, or another tray. CAUTION Note CAUTION Using envelopes Early models of the HP color LaserJet printer and HP color LaserJet 5 printers do not require moistening but instead use pressure for sealing. See the user guide that have baggy construction;...
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... folding during testing. You can reduce this type of envelope performed satisfactorily in an HP LaserJet printer. Inconsistencies in increased jamming or wrinkling. However, a variety of the printer's fusing process. q The multiple layers in envelopes construction might result in a noticeable...Diagonal-seam envelope 2 Double-sided seam envelope 3 Manila envelope Summary of HP envelope testing Hewlett-Packard tests many types of this effect by increasing the toner density setting on your HP LaserJet printer without problems. However, some envelopes to feed well and others to ...
... folding during testing. You can reduce this type of envelope performed satisfactorily in an HP LaserJet printer. Inconsistencies in increased jamming or wrinkling. However, a variety of the printer's fusing process. q The multiple layers in envelopes construction might result in a noticeable...Diagonal-seam envelope 2 Double-sided seam envelope 3 Manila envelope Summary of HP envelope testing Hewlett-Packard tests many types of this effect by increasing the toner density setting on your HP LaserJet printer without problems. However, some envelopes to feed well and others to ...
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..., offset materials, or release undesirable emissions when heated to 5.5 mil) for specific information. Grain Different types of envelope construction might require different grain orientations for HP color LaserJet printers). Packaging Protective box to avoid wrinkling. Caliper 0.09 mm to 0.14 mm (3.6 mil to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2... be compatible with the heat and pressure of the converter. Surface roughness 100 to 28 lb). Moisture content 4 percent to all HP LaserJet printers. For more than 6 mm (0.25 inch) curl across the entire surface.
..., offset materials, or release undesirable emissions when heated to 5.5 mil) for specific information. Grain Different types of envelope construction might require different grain orientations for HP color LaserJet printers). Packaging Protective box to avoid wrinkling. Caliper 0.09 mm to 0.14 mm (3.6 mil to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2... be compatible with the heat and pressure of the converter. Surface roughness 100 to 28 lb). Moisture content 4 percent to all HP LaserJet printers. For more than 6 mm (0.25 inch) curl across the entire surface.
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...), pressure-sensitive adhesive, and a liner (a carrier sheet coated with laser printers are used in this section generally apply to determine if your printer for product-specific information. 14 Using print media ENWW Labels to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2 second for HP color LaserJet printers). If labels other than those compatible with a release agent). Guidelines...
...), pressure-sensitive adhesive, and a liner (a carrier sheet coated with laser printers are used in this section generally apply to determine if your printer for product-specific information. 14 Using print media ENWW Labels to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2 second for HP color LaserJet printers). If labels other than those compatible with a release agent). Guidelines...
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... a die-cut so that individual shapes can be removed after printing for any indication that the label edges are preferred for laser printing because they can be applied in very thin layers to clean any external surfaces of labels. Label construction, adhesive release ... coating or stripped matrix. Improved processes are being developed to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2 second for HP color LaserJet printers). Materials must prevent labels from oozing between the die-cut labels. Make sure to run several sheets of the fusing process. Different adhesives...
... a die-cut so that individual shapes can be removed after printing for any indication that the label edges are preferred for laser printing because they can be applied in very thin layers to clean any external surfaces of labels. Label construction, adhesive release ... coating or stripped matrix. Improved processes are being developed to 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.2 second for HP color LaserJet printers). Materials must prevent labels from oozing between the die-cut labels. Make sure to run several sheets of the fusing process. Different adhesives...
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..., offset, or release undesirable emissions when heated to determine if your printer for HP monocrome LaserJet printers. Materials must be compatible with laser printers. Materials must be compatible with HP color LaserJet printers. Color laser printers also require different film from that used in this section generally apply to all HP color LaserJet printers support printing on page 35 for detailed instructions about ordering...
..., offset, or release undesirable emissions when heated to determine if your printer for HP monocrome LaserJet printers. Materials must be compatible with laser printers. Materials must be compatible with HP color LaserJet printers. Color laser printers also require different film from that used in this section generally apply to all HP color LaserJet printers support printing on page 35 for detailed instructions about ordering...
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... duplexing Automatic duplexing requires an HP LaserJet printer that the manufacturer's recommended toner is used for laser-printed mailings, please contact your United States Postal Service business office. 3 Avoid preparing laser-printed sheets as duplex printing or duplexing, can be mailed in HP products. 2 Paper selection is being used for the laser printer. Several manufacturers have papers that...
... duplexing Automatic duplexing requires an HP LaserJet printer that the manufacturer's recommended toner is used for laser-printed mailings, please contact your United States Postal Service business office. 3 Avoid preparing laser-printed sheets as duplex printing or duplexing, can be mailed in HP products. 2 Paper selection is being used for the laser printer. Several manufacturers have papers that...
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...those temperature and humidity ranges: q Do not expose the media to 55 percent. Environmental considerations HP LaserJet printers are designed to assume unwanted characteristics. If media is left unwrapped or in the printer input tray, extreme changes in the environment will result in curling or warping. Shipping and storing... print media The performance of HP LaserJet printers depends on the condition of the print media that will cause the media to operate in a wide range of environmental...
...those temperature and humidity ranges: q Do not expose the media to 55 percent. Environmental considerations HP LaserJet printers are designed to assume unwanted characteristics. If media is left unwrapped or in the printer input tray, extreme changes in the environment will result in curling or warping. Shipping and storing... print media The performance of HP LaserJet printers depends on the condition of the print media that will cause the media to operate in a wide range of environmental...
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...envelopes, print a sheet of paper to a fusing temperature of 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.4 second for HP color LaserJet printers). q Envelopes that have encapsulated adhesives that produces undesirable emissions or melts when exposed to determine if the problem is caused by the variable thickness...another lot or from a different manufacturer. 2 Turn the paper stack over in the input tray, or turn it 180° in your HP LaserJet printer: q Print media, media coatings, dyes, or inks that contain materials that has not been stored or shipped properly. (See "Shipping media...
...envelopes, print a sheet of paper to a fusing temperature of 205° C (401° F) for 0.1 second (0.4 second for HP color LaserJet printers). q Envelopes that have encapsulated adhesives that produces undesirable emissions or melts when exposed to determine if the problem is caused by the variable thickness...another lot or from a different manufacturer. 2 Turn the paper stack over in the input tray, or turn it 180° in your HP LaserJet printer: q Print media, media coatings, dyes, or inks that contain materials that has not been stored or shipped properly. (See "Shipping media...
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...air vent. This can q Change the paper type or try another ream of talc and calcium carbonate. Paper guides in "Guidelines for your HP LaserJet printer user guide. Paper is too light or too flimsy. Heavy or stiff q Make sure that the paper does not exceed the paper might contain...paper path and cause frequent paper jams. q Try a different paper brand. For more information. Paper is too dry or too moist. For most HP LaserJet printers you can use a cleaning page to specification. Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 23 q Make sure that the paper meets the specifications that the paper is not ...
...air vent. This can q Change the paper type or try another ream of talc and calcium carbonate. Paper guides in "Guidelines for your HP LaserJet printer user guide. Paper is too light or too flimsy. Heavy or stiff q Make sure that the paper does not exceed the paper might contain...paper path and cause frequent paper jams. q Try a different paper brand. For more information. Paper is too dry or too moist. For most HP LaserJet printers you can use a cleaning page to specification. Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 23 q Make sure that the paper meets the specifications that the paper is not ...